Monthly Archives: December 2017

DETROIT — Ford and Mazda are recalling more than 380,000 older small pickup trucks for a second time to replace Takata air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel. The recalls cover driver and passenger inflators in certain 2004…

ByCaroline Jones UPDATED13:38, 21 DEC 2017 Chicken wraps sold at Aldi, Co-op and Morrisons supermarkets have been urgently recalled because they could contain pieces of metal. Consumers have been warned not to eat the products and instead return them to the shop…

Orders for durable goods increased 1.3% from the prior month WASHINGTON—Orders for long-lasting factory goods rose in November, the latest sign of improving demand this year for U.S. manufactured products. Orders for durable goods—products designed to last at least three…

Real disposable incomes grew just 0.2% in the third quarter of 2017 from the previous three months as the weak pound continued to fuel inflation, the Office for National Statistics said. The pound has fallen in value since the UK…

Shares in Barbie toymaker Mattel have jumped by 20% on reports rival toy giant Hasbro is considering a takeover. Shares in Hasbro, whose brands include Play Doh and My Little Pony, are also 6% higher in New York. Last month…

Orders for durable goods increased 1.3% from the prior month An employee using a power tool during production of a plastic kayak at the Jackson Kayak factory in Sparta, Tenn., in October. PHOTO: LUKE SHARRETT/BLOOMBERG NEWS By Eric Morath and WASHINGTON—Orders for long-lasting…

Yemen faces the world's largest famine in decades "with millions of victims" if aid deliveries are not resumed, a senior UN official has warned. Mark Lowcock, the UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, urged the Saudi-led coalition to lift its…

Foxconn, a main supplier for Apple's iPhone, says it has stopped interns from working illegal overtime at its factory in China. It comes after a Financial Times report found at least six students worked 11-hour days at its iPhone X plant in…

If you thought the saga of exploding hoverboards was long gone, think again. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging owners of the LayZ hoverboard to stop using it after the device caused a house fire in Pennsylvania in October. It also…

International energy markets are set for "major upheaval" as the US cements its status as the world's largest oil and gas producer, while China overtakes it as the biggest oil consumer. The predictions come from the International Energy Agency's annual energy…